All About Growing Beets

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Red table beets are only the tip of the beet iceberg: Mangel beets can be used as livestock fodder, storage beets can be eaten all winter, and white or golden beets make a stunning edible display when mixed in a beet salad.
Red table beets are only the tip of the beet iceberg: Mangel beets can be used as livestock fodder, storage beets can be eaten all winter, and white or golden beets make a stunning edible display when mixed in a beet salad.
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Red table beets, white beets, striped 'Chioggia' beets and golden beets each deserve a spot at your table — and in your garden.
Red table beets, white beets, striped 'Chioggia' beets and golden beets each deserve a spot at your table — and in your garden.

(For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our Crop at a Glancecollection page.)

Growing beets will give you delicious, colorful roots and nutritious greens. Closely related to spinach and chard, and once called “blood turnips” because of their bright red juice, beets also can be golden, white or striped. If you keep livestock, you can grow special varieties of forage or mangel beets to feed to your animals in winter.

Types to Try

Red table beets produce edible greens in 35 days, followed by round or cylindrical roots a month later. Leaves from most red beets have red stems and leaf veins similar to red-leafed chard varieties.

White, orange and golden beets are prized for their mild, nutty flavor. Because they don’t bleed red juice, these are best for roasting with other vegetables.

  • Published on Dec 13, 2011
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